Making a film alone is equal parts freedom and chaos. You're the director, the cinematographer, the gaffer, the grip, and the editor — all at once, all day, with no one to hand things off to. That was my reality shooting this Carhartt film, and honestly, I wouldn't have had it any other way. The Prep I shot at my old high school in McIntosh, South Dakota — a location I knew would give me the institutional hallways, bathrooms, and working-class spaces the story needed. Before